Flushing device



E. M. DICKEY.

FLUSHING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-25.1919.

323,580. v Patented Dec. 2,1919.

I, I; 1 V I \uulllllllllll Q h s n l ,Mwvsag 72 v To all whom it may concern rarnr onnio EDWIN MONROE DICKEY, 0F YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

FLUSHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

Application filed August 25, 1919. Serial No. 319,575.

M. DIGKEY, a America, and

Be it known that I, EDWIN citizen of the United States of resident of Youngstown, county of Mahoning, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flushing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in flushing devices, and. pertains more particularly to device for flushing sink drains, closet bowls, basins, urinals and the like which have become stopped or clogged by the assemblage of foreign matter or obstructions that have entered or been placed in the bowls, etc. v

The primary object of the invention is to provide a flushing device which is positively clamped or otherwise mechanically held onor against the sink or bowl so as to have a sealed relation to the bottom part of the sink or bowl and which hasmeans to eflect the passage of water under pressure past and beneath the sealed points and into the bowl or sink carry-oif or discharge pipe so as to clear the pipe of the obstruction by forcible ejection of the latter.

Further, the invention aims to provide a device of this type, which is adjustableto bowls of varying sizes and which is also formed so as to forcibly hold the device into sealed relation to the bowl without subjecting the latter to undue strains or stresses.

Further and other objects will be later set forth and manifested in the course of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is a vertical sectional view taken through a closet bowl, showing the invention applied thereto, the latter being shown partly in section and partly in side elevation' 7 Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the invention;

Fig. 3, is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4, is a section on line H of 1.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, a circular disk 1, which may be made of wood or other suitable material, having a yieldable facing 2, of rubber, composition, or the like, is employed, as

' a closure for the inlet end of the discharge pipe. In the instance of the invention applied to a bowl, the facing 2' is seated employed,

upon the bottom of the bowl over the drain or discharge pipe as is believed manifest. The disk 1 is equipped with a nipple 3,

, to which is removably attached a connection 4, on one end of a hose or pipe, 5. This hose may be of the garden variety or type and is adapted to have its opposite end suitably connected to a faucet or other source of fluid supply.

a For the purpose of effecting a positive and securely sealed joint between the disk and the sink or bowl B, a threaded stem 6 is provided at its base with feet 7, the latter being rigidly attached by suitable fastenings 8, to the base 1. The stem 6 projects vertically from the base and receives thereon a cross-arm which latter is adjustable as to its length by virtue of the tongue and groove connection 10, existing between its sectionsll and 12 soas to be adapted to bowls or sinks of varyingdianieters or widths. Where extension of the sections is required, in order to maintain the efl'ective ends of the sections in the same plane, an enlargement 13 is formed on the section 12.

Wing or thumb nuts 1% and 15 are threadedly carried by the stem 6, and are disposed in opposed relation to the cross arm, engaging above and below the latter as depicted in the drawings, the cross-arm sections being slotted at 20 so as to allow of longitudinal adjustment thereof on the stem 6, the latter passing through the slots.

In operation, the disk is seated upon the lower portion of the bowl, and the sections of the cross-arm are then adjustedto effect engagement of the outer respective ends of the cross-arm sections with the customary over-hanging or curled bead C, of the bowl from beneath thebead, prior to disposition of the wing nuts so that the same will bindingly secure the cross-arm therebetween and with the upper wing nut 15 arranged so that the cross-arm will bear thereon, and thus relieve the bead of the bowl of a certain. amount of pressure and particularly of the pressure exerted by the lower wing nut 1:4. upon tightening of the latter. 7

By proper manipulation of the wing nuts, it will be apparent that the stem 6 will act to hold the disk 1, firmly and positively in place, so that upon water pressure being adn'litted through the hose 5 and the disk 1, samewill be opposed by the disk and will consequently exert its force upon the obstruction in the Waste pipe, to thereby dislodge the obstruction and clear or freethe Waste pipe thereof.

In use of the invention with other plumbing fixtures, the outer ends of the cross-arm sections are engaged with or wedged against two opposing avails, or otherwise ,suitably clamped 111' position so as to be held rigid by and upon manipulation ofthe-wing nuts, as is believed apparent.

YVhat is claimed is V 1. In a flushing device, a disk havinga yieldable facing, a threaded stem having feet'secured to the disk, a sectional crossarm having atenon and groove connection between the sections, said sections being V V slotted and thestem extending through the slots,-wing nuts on the stem engaged with the upper and lower faces of the cross arm,

@a nipple :borne by the disk to conduct water'below the {disk, and a hose connected tothe nipple.

bridge in adjusted position on the stem.

'3. 'Ina (flushing device, a disk having it water inlet adapted to seat in sealing relat on on the bottom oi a closet bowl or sink, a bridge member engageable at its ends With the bowl and abovethe disk, a central stem on the disk supporting the bridge member, and means adjustable. on the stem engaging opposite "faces of the bridge member to cause the stem to'hold the disk forcibly and rigidly against the bowl or sink.

4:. In a flushing device, an apertured base formed to seat on the bottom of a bowl or sink, a longitudinally adjustable bridge member for engaging the top bead of the bowl or sink, and an adjustable device inter pojsedbetween the center of th'c'base and bridge member for holding the base rigidly n position.

In a finsl'iing device, disk having a water inlet formed to seat on the bottom oit a. bowl or the like, a bridge engageable with the top bead o't'the bovvl, means between the disk andbrldge to exert pressure on the disk, and means to relieve the bowl bead oi a part of the pressure exerted by said first named means. 7 Y

Intestimony whereof l a'liix' my in presence of two subscribing Witness s.

EDWVIN MONROE DICKEY.

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